Saturn, an alligator falsely rumored for decades to have been kept as a pet by Adolf Hitler, has died in captivity at the age of about 84 years old, the Moscow Zoo in Russia announced Saturday.
The Moscow Zoo said in a statement that the alligator died Friday of natural causes at an “extremely respectable age” well beyond the reptile’s average life expectancy of 30 to 50 years.
Born in Mississippi in 1936, Saturn was brought to Germany at an early age and kept for years at the Berlin Zoological Garden allegedly frequented by the notorious former Nazi leader during his lifetime.
“Almost immediately, the myth was born that he was allegedly in the collection of Hitler, and not in the Berlin Zoo,” the Moscow Zoo noted. “However, even if, purely theoretically, he belonged to someone — animals are not involved in war and politics, it is absurd to blame them for human sins.”
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“However, even if, purely theoretically, he belonged to someone — animals are not involved in war and politics, it is absurd to blame them for human sins.”
Fine logic. However there is a concept of “Takala” when the animal was associated with sin. In this case there does not seem to be Takala, I’m just making a point to counter the rationale of the honorable Zoo.
it could certainly be his pet; after all, alligatore eat their prey